Today in the News: Judge says dads don't have legal right to be at their child's birth

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Posted Mar. 13, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Posted Mar. 13, 2014 at 8:00 PM

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In a groundbreaking case, a New Jersey judge ruled today that fathers don't have a legal right to be in the delivery room at the birth of their child. The ruling stemmed from a case in which a couple broke up, and the mom-to-be didn't want the dad in the delivery room. He sued, and the case wound up before Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed. The judge wrote in his ruling, "Any interest a father has before the child's birth is subordinate to the mother's interests. Even when there is no doubt that a father has shown deep and proper concern, and interest in the growth and development of the fetus, the mother is the one who must carry it to term."

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